Leo 125another path, the birth of the wisdom leads and causes
the birth of the other two aspects. This is the path of the
wheel. There is a third path, where the birth of intellect
occurs first. Thus there are three different paths resulting
in nine sequences. Of course, every path leads to
perfection in all. The raising of the intellect into pure will
forms the activity of the First Ray. Raising wisdom through
love is the path of the Second Ray. The selection of the
path depends upon the choice of the Guru, according to
the stage of the disciple in evolution.
The birth of group-consciousness that is worked out
through Leo is called the birth of the son. Leo is the fifth
sign of the zodiac, which denotes the relationship between
father and son. This relationship is always through the
soul-consciousness and its culmination is the spiritual
realisation of the father in the son. (The relationship
between the mother aspect of God and the son is through
a bond of emotion and love. This is the umbilical cord
through which mother-nature sustains the child and
protects him before he begins to grow conscious in the
soul. This phase is worked out through Cancer. The
ending of the first fourth part of the circle in Cancer and
the beginning of the second in the Leo marks the end of
the connection of the child with his mother and the
beginning of his link with the father. It is a significant
point to the disciple of the path to know that the cosmic
fourth house and the fifth house correspond respectively
with the relationship of the child with his mother and the
relationship of the father with the child). The fifth house
in the horoscope represents children and the affections of
the father towards his children to bring them up, to
educate them, protect them and see that they are
independent. All this activity works out through the fifth